The Archive · 1928

Disappearance of the Quarry

On coming abreast of the villags the two suddenly made an abrupt turn and disappeared round the corner of a mud house. Fearing rmbuseade St. Hutton looked pistol, then swung wide of the place and found that his quarry had. mania Though he searched the village thoroughly he could get little information of the whereabouts. of the pais, antu coming om a small cotton. fluffing establishment noticed that two of the occupants wore sitting on the Moor while the others wore busily at work—a Tittle too busily he thought.

"Taking a sharper look at the two on the floor he noticed them to ye perspiring profusely and quickly recognized them as the culprits No was secking.

Covering them with his pistol he was soon aided by a quartette of Chinese Cetectives who came upon the scene and a nearer of the place revealed two pistols and a quantity animunition hidden in a bucket 'a far corner and another bucket the clothes the two had Quickly discarded after disappearing in the mud buildings comprising the village,

fof money that was believed to hav Aco foun all quant been part of the stolen pay-rol The two were taken into custody and turned over to the police of the Chapei district. Later in the day two more alleged participants were arrested, one of whom is said to be an employee of the robbed plant.

Sgt. Tutton's Work connection with Sgt. Hutton's intrepid conduct in the anne Ht will be recalled that he was the detectives who shot to death four armed robbers in a spirited gun fight last April, and also that he was one nf the leaders in' the recent shooting scrap with the kidnapping gang cornered by the police in Avenve* Foch and broken up only after (30 of the bandits had been killed, Sit. Hutton accounting for one.

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